SMME Support as of July 2020 SMME Support as of July 2020 What the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 21, 2020 0 5697 Article rating: 4.0 The purpose of this presentation is to provide the information on what the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa. Read more
AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED SuperUser Account / Monday, April 13, 2015 0 60010 Article rating: 3.5 FOLLOWING significant growth in the renewable energy business, AfriCoast Engineers SA has developed a sister company to exapnd its vision. Read more
AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 12, 2015 0 56821 Article rating: 4.0 Renewable energy engineering firm AfiCoast Engineers SA has announced that a new company, AfriCoast Energy, will now be responsible for all future renewable energy projects - particulary wind and solar - while it will also play a key role in guiding AfriCoast Engineers' current basket of renewable energy projects. Read more
Merafong becomes third municipality to sign electricity distribution agreement with Eskom SuperUser Account / Wednesday, December 10, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating The Merafong City local municipality, in Gauteng, has become the third municipality in South Africa to sign a distribution agency agreement (DAA) with State-owned utility Eskom, marking a major structural intervention aimed at stabilising electricity distribution and improving revenue collection in the area. The agreement was formally concluded on December 8, during a signing ceremony at the Merafong Council Chambers attended by municipal manager Dumisani Mabuza, senior executives of Merafong City and senior Eskom leadership led by Gauteng Cluster Organisation GM Bandile Jack. Read more
NTCSA outlines envisaged role for new TSO sans grid assets SuperUser Account / Wednesday, December 10, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA), which is set to remain an Eskom Holdings subsidiary and owner of the transmission assets, has moved to explain the role of the yet-to-be-created Transmission System Operator (TSO) under the revised and newly endorsed unbundling strategy. The strategy has been approved by Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and will see Eskom Holdings retain not only the NTCSA as a subsidiary, but also the National Electricity Distribution Company of South Africa, as well as an entity currently dubbed GenerationCo, which will hold its legacy generation assets, and a new Eskom Green subsidiary to house its renewable-energy business. Read more
Standard Bank, Safaricom announce $138m partnership to expand network access SuperUser Account / Wednesday, December 10, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating Standard Bank has partnered with Safaricom Telecommunications to provide funding of $138-million as part of an investment towards Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia (STEP). The bank acted as the sole arranger, lender and facility agent on the term facility to STEP and played an advisory role, with the financing facilitating Safaricom’s ongoing rollout of digital infrastructure and services in Ethiopia. Read more
AfriForum report shows 86% of sewage treatment plants release polluted water into rivers SuperUser Account / Wednesday, December 10, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating A new report by AfriForum has revealed that a large percentage of samples of municipal drinking water show it is safe for human consumption; however, 94 out of 109, or 86%, of sewage treatment plants release effluent that is still polluted with sewage into water sources. AfriForum’s 2025 water quality watch report noted that while the country’s water system appears to be stable on the surface, the sewage in dams and rivers is undermining the foundation of water security in South Africa. Read more
USTR Greer says he's open to 'different treatment' of South Africa under trade initiative SuperUser Account / Wednesday, December 10, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday said he is open to treating South Africa differently than other African countries if Washington extends a trade initiative with sub-Saharan Africa that expired in September. Greer told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing that the Trump administration was open to a one-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), but viewed South Africa as a unique case and could consider excluding it from the trade initiative if Congress pushed for that outcome. Read more